On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:54:10AM +0200, Martin Marcher wrote: > > On 5/3/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Somewhere in the debian documentation is a warning that after going to > >single-user mode a return to multi-user is not guaranteed to work. > > too bad i'm trying to do all of that without actually rebooting (more > a matter of "because it should be possible" not a requirement) > > >Reboot into single user (with the -s option if there isn't a grub menu > >item already) so that you know noting under /usr is being used, mv /usr > >to /oldusr, fix fstab so that the new usr mounts on /usr, then shutdown > >-r. Of course be careful not to use any binaries that reside under > >/usr. Stick wit straight bash and other stuff under /bin. Use the full > >path to make sure. > > all of this is done and the system already works with the new /usr > mountpoint I'd just like to regain the space without rebooting - to be > honest this is the whole point of this exercise. >
I'm not understanding. Do you mean that you mounted /usr over /usr without emptying it? If so, and you insist on non rebooting, then at least stop X and as much else as you can (as a precaution), then umount /usr, which will now show your full /usr directory tree, mv /usr /oldusr, mkdir /usr, fix owners and permissions to match /oldusr, remount /usr, and if everything is working, rm -rf /oldusr. Note that existing running apps that have files from /usr open will continue to work since open files are not unlinked until they are closed. Good luck, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
